Genèse 16

1 Or Saraï femme d'Abram ne lui avait enfanté aucun enfant, mais elle avait une servante Egyptienne, nommée Agar.

And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.

2 Et elle dit à Abram: Voici maintenant, l'Eternel m'a rendue stérile; viens, je te prie, vers ma servante, peut-être aurai-je des enfants par elle. Et Abram acquiesça à la parole de Saraï.

And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sara.

3 Alors Saraï, femme d'Abram, prit Agar sa servante Egyptienne, et la donna pour femme à Abram son mari, après qu'il eut demeuré dix ans au pays de Canaan.

So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.

4 Il vint donc vers Agar, et elle conçut. Et [Agar] voyant qu'elle avait conçu, méprisa sa maîtresse.

And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before her.

5 Et Saraï dit à Abram: L'outrage qui m'est fait, [revient] sur toi; je t'ai donné ma servante en ton sein, mais quand elle a vu qu'elle avait conçu, elle m'a méprisée; que l'Eternel en juge entre moi et toi.

And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and you.

6 Alors Abram répondit à Saraï: Voici, ta servante est entre tes mains, traite-la comme il te plaira. Saraï donc la maltraita, et [Agar] s'enfuit de devant elle.

And Abram said to Sara, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face.

7 Mais l'Ange de l'Eternel la trouva auprès d'une fontaine d'eau au désert, près de la fontaine qui est au chemin de Sur.

And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur.

8 Et il lui dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d'où viens-tu? et où vas-tu? et elle répondit: Je m'enfuis de devant Saraï ma maîtresse.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence come you, and wither go you? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.

9 Et l'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit: Retourne à ta maîtresse, et t'humilie sous elle.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.

10 Davantage l'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit: Je multiplierai beaucoup ta postérité, tellement qu'elle ne se pourra nombrer; tant elle sera grande.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply your seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

11 L'Ange de l'Eternel lui dit aussi: Voici, tu as conçu, et tu enfanteras un fils, que tu appelleras Ismaël, car l'Eternel a ouï ton affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ismael, for the Lord has listened to your humiliation.

12 Et ce sera un homme [farouche comme] un âne sauvage; sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous contre lui; et il habitera à la vue de tous ses frères.

He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

13 Alors elle appela le nom de l'Eternel qui lui parlait à elle, tu es le [Dieu] Fort de vision; car elle dit, n'ai-je pas aussi vu ici après celui qui me voyait?

And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, You are God who see me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.

14 C'est pourquoi on a appelé ce puits, le puits du vivant qui me voit; lequel est entre Kadès et Béred.

Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad.

15 Agar donc enfanta un fils à Abram; et Abram appela le nom de son fils, qu'Agar lui avait enfanté, Ismaël.

And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.

16 Or Abram était âgé de quatre-vingt six ans, quand Agar lui enfanta Ismaël.

And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.